Iraq vs Peru: Drinking water services in rural areas

Iraq

333,006 people

in 2024

Peru

326,080 people

in 2024

Iraq rank

48th

Peru rank

49th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Iraq currently reports 333,006 people against 326,080 people in Peru, a difference of 6,926 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 48th and Peru ranks 49th of 178 countries.

Indicator: Drinking water services in rural areas
Unit: people
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 178 places, 4,232 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.